Birding spots · Rhode Island

Best Birding Spots in Washington County, Rhode Island

Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge leads Washington County's birding spots with 251 species reported, best in fall. 122 spots in the county have enough data to rank.

Species counts are birds reported at least three times in that season at that spot, 2016–2025. Busy spots list more species simply because more people look, so compare the checklist counts. Spot names come from public map data and hotspot listings.

Spot	Species	Checklists	Winter	Spring	Summer	Fall
Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge	251	4,830	128	214	159	218
Napatree Point	225	3,109	90	136	146	179
Money Pond	199	868	78	103	96	157
Quonochontaug Pond	192	2,308	70	126	144	143
Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge (southeast)	192	1,460	125	106	62	155
Block Island National Wildlife Refuge	188	407	26	64	78	174
Succotash Marsh Management Area	176	1,965	69	132	104	118
Great Swamp Management Area	172	1,033	51	160	105	74
South Shore Management Area	166	1,182	13	97	131	114
Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge (Card Ponds)	161	818	87	77	75	107
Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge (Foster Cove)	158	573	75	114	86	95
Wertz and Viall Pond	154	623	48	138	67	58
Southwest Block Island Macrosite Fee	152	194	61	48	56	109
Cards Pond	149	401	102	86	31	104
Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge	144	640	76	85	71	87
Charlestown Breachway	143	775	63	77	98	80
Sachem Pond	141	174	34	49	31	119
Calf Pasture Beach	138	549	59	127	79	55
Indian Cedar Swamp Barrens Fee	137	1,202	42	121	103	61
Block Island National Wildlife Refuge (Settlers Rock)	134	157	12	65	11	121
South Shore Management Area (Sand Hill Cove State Beach)	129	397	19	65	76	95
Scarborough Beach	127	492	72	63	54	77
Colonel Willie Cove	127	408	67	71	49	99
Long Lot Pond	127	101	4	63	33	105
East Beach	126	316	72	38	48	99
Great Swamp Management Area (Chickasheen Brook)	125	125	18	112	66	19
Asa Pond	118	563	47	108	60	62
Belleville Pond	118	290	40	96	68	55
Scarborough State Beach	117	1,229	78	65	44	84
Fisherville Brook Wildlife Refuge	114	436	37	108	71	40
Rodmans Hollow	114	126	36	40	34	80
Misquamicut State Beach	112	969	70	58	50	78
Burlingame	112	433	67	60	39	82
Skippers Island	111	345	16	57	68	91
Bonnet Shores Road	111	329	33	78	55	82
Wesquage Pond	111	323	35	75	69	57
Watch Hill Point	110	510	61	51	31	76
Wash Pond	109	442	64	47	25	98
Burlingame Management Area	109	245	39	87	61	50
Mill Pond	107	721	79	67	15	70
Bridgepoint Commons	107	381	53	66	66	52
Point Judith	104	427	47	41	59	54
Long Pond	104	194	37	54	56	61
Cards Pond (Card Ponds)	103	210	37	83	2	12
Pawcatuck River	101	157	19	94	65	27
Weekapaug Breachway	99	310	78	37	28	40
Browning Mill Pond Area Beach	99	126	16	90	57	27
Cross Mills Pond	98	195	32	96	9	27
Quonochontaug Pond (Shelter Harbor)	98	138	42	32	68	31
Maschaug Pond	97	348	41	42	45	57